Gum or Shotgun

The joke plays on the dark humor of school violence. It juxtaposes a harmless pack of gum with a dangerous shotgun, suggesting both get the same reaction: people wanting to be your friend. The punchline subverts expectations by implying that fear can make someone popular.

• School
• Pack
• Dark Humor
• Gun
• Friend
• Cool

• What do a bag of chips and a gun have in common? When you pull either one out in class, everyone all of a sudden wants to be your friend...
• What do a school shooter and a person with gum have in common? One's the pull it out everyone wants to be their friend.
• What do guns and gum have in common? When you pull one out, everyone wants to be your friend.
• Why is a gun like a box of chocolates? If you pull one out in class, everyone wants to be your friend.